Family: Ploceidae (Weavers)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)

Red List Category

Criteria: D

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Justification of Red List category
This species is classified as Endangered because it has an extremely small population. The population has been stable since the early 1990s but then increased following an island translocation, and if it remains stable or increasing with over 250 mature individuals it may warrant downlisting to Vulnerable in the future.

Population size: 160-220 mature individuals

Population trend: stable

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 29 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial